In the early hours of September 30, 2017, firefighters responding to a vehicle fire behind an abandoned home in the 1600 block of Goodlet Avenue on Indianapolis’ west side found two young women dead inside the burning car. The victims were identified as 24-year-old Martina Webb and her 21-year-old best friend, Aliyah Igartua, both from Gary, Indiana. An autopsy later showed both had been shot in the head before the fire was set.

Webb and Igartua had traveled to Indianapolis on September 29 so Webb could visit her boyfriend and attended a gathering in the 1800 block of Winfield Avenue that evening. According to witnesses and court documents, an argument between Webb and a man identified as Tywan James escalated; James reportedly shot Webb through the car window, then chased down and shot Igartua as she tried to run. Another man was seen driving Webb’s car away with her body still inside.

Tywan James was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Hammond in October 2017, tried in September 2018, and convicted on two counts of murder; he was sentenced the following month. Martina Webb was the mother of a four-year-old boy. Did anyone who knew Martina or Aliyah recognize them from that night or have information about the events leading up to the shootings?